The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

HENRY WILLARD pays Charles Il. Tiffany $780,
900 year for the house he occupies in New
York
YATES THoMPso N. proprietor of the Pail Mall
Gazette. is at Boston, studying American insti
tutions.
RECORDER TRorTER, of Washington, is now
out of danger, though his full recovery will be a
matter of considerable time.
EDGAR L. WAKEMAN. formerly of the Chicago
Current, is with travelling band of eypsies in
New Jersey. He has been with them for nearly
a year.
AT the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, Mr.
Blaine occupies parlor No. 15 Roscoe Conkiing
had the same rooms during the Republican con-
vention Of 1880.
magazinist. has TO write his lame in full now to
avoid ccafusion with the mind-reader of some
what similar initials.
ONE of the brightest ornaments of Wall street
remarked recently: Railroads are not made to
carry freight and passengers; their chief pur-
pose is to carry bonds"
BILLY EMERSON, the minstrel. won't travel
without his wife, and always wants her in
proscenium box during performance. It's an
awful thing to.be loved by a minstrel.
LOWELL Citizen: Some one has propouuded
the query: what is the first thing raised in the
spring." Perhaps we haven't hit the correct an
swer, but we should say it is poker ante.
ABBEvlLLE IS. c. Medium: g. W. Cromer
says there would be much less danger of fire if
| all houses were built north and south. The dan
| ger from sparks would be reduced to the mini
mum.
New HAVEN News: Fifty-four whisky TASKS
were found in the hall after the adjournment of
| the Idaho Legislature. 1t was thus possible to
| ascertain the exact number of those who attend
| ed the last session
| IT has just been discovered that the superin-
tendents and many of the doctors in the poor
! houses of Michigan have had number of the in
mates of those institutions insured. in order that
| at their death they might collect the amount of
| their policies.
| PATRICK j. P. lyman, the supposed NO T.
| of Invincible fame who alleged to be init
| mately connected with the murder of Cavendish
| and Burke is to lecture in New York, May 5, on
the Irish question. This will be his first appear
| auce since the tragedy in Phoenix Park.
| CONVERTED Gambler-Wasn't that glorious
meeting this afternoon, brother Akersl There
must have been fifty persons who arose for
| prayers. Brother Akers-You are surely mis-
taken, brother Gllispie; there couldn't have been
more than half that number. Converted Gam
bler-Bet you fifty
OMAHA World: Little Dot-Mamma why
don't Mrs. Blank be 3 Christian like other
| folks? Omaha Mamma-Why, pet, Mrs Blank
/ is a Christian. She is member of our church
rs that being Christianl" ''Why, of course
/ What makes you think she isnt9" "She didn't
! have any new bonnet Easter"
Mr. S. S. Cox is deeply engaged on his new
book, which is to be called Diversions of a
Diplomatic" It relates chiefly to Turkey. Mrs.
Cox, and recently Mrs. Heap. widow of the con-
| sul-genera at Consta1tlnople, are the only two
| American women upon whom the Sultan has
| conferred the order of CHR Kat.
THE expenses of Walt Whtmans lecture were
SO heavy that, although there was something
like 5000 taken in at the door, not more than
1919 of it was profit for the poet Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, who had telegraphed for box, al
| though he was unable to be at the lecture, sent
his check for $3.50 when he found how little
Whitman was getting out of the venture
DAKOTA Bell: The cashier of Chinese bank
tried to leave with the funds for japan or some
place on the American plan the other day, but
it is not believed that the custom will become
popular. The government walled up the cashier
in cell to starve to death and chopped the
heads off all his family. And next fall they are
going to decapitate everybody in the empire
bearing his name.
NJ. j. EZEKIEL, the sculptor in Rome, who
was recently knighted by the King of Italy has
received from his Royal Hghness. the Grand
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, the cavaliers cross of
merit for art and science with the Diploma be-
IL, a
The cross is of solid silver. Maltese in form,
with a gold crown and green enameled orna-
mentation. In the center on one side is an oak
wreath with the inscription Dem Verdienste'
flor merit. and on the other the portrait bust of
the Grand Duke.
SENATOR GIBSON spoke at the services held at
New Orleans in memory of Paul Tulane, aud re-
lated this of his first visit to him. when I
went into his library he said: 4 made my fort
une in Louisiana, and have always loved the
people OF Louisiana you know my property
therel There thirty pieces He told me
what he desired done with them. / said: .You
will outlive me- He said: i would just as ei
give it now / drew plan. and submitted it &c
him. and he accepted it. On this we have
drafted the suggestions and plans Of the benef
icence of Paul Tulane"
IN his forthcoming article on Pharaoh in
the May Century. Prof. J. A. Paine (who viii
be remembered the icentifer OF Mt Pisgah
advances the novel theory that Rameses tn.
Great married his own daughter, the patronesi
OF Moses. 1t has been held by some authorities
that this sPharaoh's daughter" was the child o
] Seti !. who preceded Rameses the Great, and